diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 31718f0ba2..f351fd7cff 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ assets:
       description: "VMM that uses KVM"
       url: "https://github.com/qemu/qemu"
       version: "v5.2.0"
+      tag: "v5.2.0"
       # Do not include any non-full release versions
       # Break the line *without CR or space being appended*, to appease
       # yamllint, and note the deliberate ' ' at the end of the expression.